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SCRIPT SUPPORT The Motion Picture Association and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) have opened the 2026 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, offering five $10,000 script development grants to filmmakers across the Asia Pacific region. The announcement came during MPA American Film Night in Bangkok, paired this year with MPA Thailand Success Stories at the […]
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Prominent Colombian shingle Rhayuela, known for such memorable pics as Cannes 2015 Un Certain Regard title “Alias María,” “El Páramo” and “Rebellion,” is shuffling its leadership although its six original partners remain on board. Among them, Federico Duran has formed his own company, El Sol Ermitaño, but retains a stake in the 30-plus year old […]
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New Zealands’s Black Mandala has acquired five horror features for its international sales slate: “The Tree House,” “Babybacks,” “The Driftless,” “Saturnalia” and “The Shug,” spanning psychological terror, survival horror, Midwestern folklore, supernatural giallo and British creature horror. “The Tree House,” directed by Luis Calderón, is a Spanish slasher-thriller starring Goya Award nominee Sandra Escacena alongside […]
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Comedian Alisha Dhillon and creator Quentin Lee, both alumni of the Canadian Screen Award-winning series “Comedy Invasion,” are reuniting to co-create the vertical series “Unleeshed,” set to broadcast worldwide on Asian American Movies (AAM.tv) for Thanksgiving 2026. Dhillon wrote and stars in the new series, which unfolds in the Los Angeles world of standup comedy […]
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Paramount has agreed to a request from 12 states to link their federal antitrust case to a pre-existing suit brought by Paramount+ subscribers. The move means that the states’ challenge to the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will likely end up before Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, a Biden appointee who is already handling the […]
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“Plastic Beauty,” Netflix’s upcoming Japanese drama set inside the country’s fast-growing cosmetic surgery industry, will premiere Sept. 17, the streamer announced alongside 23 additional cast members joining stars Mayu Matsuoka and Riisa Naka. Yuki Saito, who previously directed “Unmet: A Neurosurgeon’s Diary,” helms the series from a script by Junya Ikegami (“The Queen of Villains”). […]
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Based on Marissa Stapley’s 2021 novel of the same name and adapted for television by “Your Friends & Neighbors” creator Jonathan Tropper, Apple TV limited series “Lucky” is the captivating story of one young woman’s desperate attempt to break free of the dark and violent life that’s shaped her. More than an intricate game of […]
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Sam Neill had been steadily working in the movies for nearly two decades before he became, at the age of 45, a star in the industry’s eyes. A sturdy, reliable everyman who radiated, depending on the role, a kind of quietly masculine decency or a steely chill, the New Zealander never chased the flashy, all-guns-blazing […]
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Tyler Falbo, a writer, director and producer known for his shaping the viral comedy videos of sketch group Almost Friday, is helming an R-rated comedy movie for Paramount. Titled “Boys for Life,” the film will be released theatrically on April 9, 2027, under Paramount’s newly announced Primal label. While few plot details are available, Variety […]
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George Lucas has a bone to pick with Hollywood when it comes to focus groups and test screenings. The “Star Wars” creator, who walked away from the franchise in 2012 after selling Lucasfilm to Disney in a $4 billion deal, recently told A Rabbit’s Foot (via IGN) that Hollywood’s over-reliance on focus groups has created studio […]
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As we head into the halfway point of the 2026 MLB season, teams like the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers are at the top of the league with impressive play, strong pitching and out-of-the-park hitting. But now, it’s the time of the season for a little bit of rest, relaxation and fun for […]
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Lily Allen’s “West End Girl” tour was one of the year’s most acclaimed pop outings when it played U.S. theaters earlier this year, but there was some question about whether the intimate and highly theatrical one-woman show would translate to huge venues, when the British singer booked a tour focused mostly on arenas for the […]
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